Art Reads for Banned Books Week
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A few days ago, I was sifting through my late grandmother’s meticulous archive of notes, reading lists, and ephemera from her four decades as a public school librarian in Texas. I came across a state report on books banned or contested during the 2003–4 academic year, when I was in daycare and still grappling with the text of Where the Wild Things Are . The classic 1963 story of adventure by Maurice Sendak planted a…
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